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FDE jobs across the US
2,045 postings · 719 companies · 1,603 state pay: median $198,000, half $162,000–$228,000
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DRWBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Cumberland/FICCO Tools Engineering
Greenwich, OH
$175,000–$225,000
$250,000–$500,000
Dyna RoboticsBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Applications
Redwood City, CAOn-site
$170,000–$250,000
$130,000–$200,000
DRWBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Cumberland/FICCO Tools Engineering
New York, NY
$175,000–$225,000
KrollBuilds for teams inside the company
Lead Engineer, AI-Native Product Development
New York, NYHybrid
$150,000–$200,000
$200,000–$280,000
MercorBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer, Automation
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
$160,000–$500,000
$160,000–$180,000
Generalist AIBuilds for teams inside the company
Software Engineer: Product
San Mateo, CA · Somerville, MASan Mateo, CA +1On-site
$200,000–$350,000
OpenAIBuilds for teams inside the company
Backend Software Engineer, GTM Innovation
San Francisco, CAHybrid
$347,000–$445,000
Eight SleepBuilds for teams inside the company
Full Stack Engineer - Customer Experience
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1On-site
Pay not posted
$150,000–$230,000
Periodic LabsBuilds for teams inside the company
Product Engineer
Menlo Park, CA · San Francisco, CAMenlo Park, CA +1On-site
$250,000–$350,000
$266,000–$445,000
NotionBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Applications Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1Hybrid
$152,000–$250,000
Mariana MineralsBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$150,000–$220,000
ElevenLabsBuilds for teams inside the company
Engineering - Internal AI Transformation
New York, NY · San Francisco, CANew York, NY +1Remote
Pay not posted
$153,000–$385,000
Pay not posted
BenbaseBuilds for teams inside the company
Founding Engineer
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
Pay not posted
$130,000–$150,000
$68,443–$92,398
Oaktree Capital ManagementBuilds for teams inside the company
Senior Associate, Forward Deployment Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
$130,000–$160,000
$127,000–$177,000
$179,500–$269,300
CitigroupBuilds for teams inside the company
AI Business Analyst (Forward Deployment Engineer)
Jersey City, NJ
$98,960–$148,440
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$164,500–$296,700
$150,000–$250,000 · OTE
$150,000–$200,000
$180,000–$300,000
$176,000–$317,400
LangChainProves it works before the sale
Deployed Engineer (Early Career- SF)
San Francisco, CAOn-site
$160,000–$175,000 · OTE
AlationProves it works before the sale
Staff Deployment Strategist, Technical Advisory & Solutioning
USRemote
$136,312–$184,021
Scale AIProves it works before the sale
Deployment Strategist, Space Systems Command
Los Angeles, CAHybrid
$203,200–$254,000
Pay not posted
$165,000–$380,000 · OTE
1,016 of 2,045 build what the customer runs.
Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs pay?
1,603 of 2,045 postings state a pay range. The median is $198,000, and half of them sit between $162,000 and $228,000, from 535 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs require?
Of 2,045 postings, 817 state a minimum number of years, from 407 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 427 of them. The rest ask for 6 to 9 years (292) or under 3 years (98).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs?
These 2,045 postings come from 719 companies. The employers with the most postings are Databricks (70), Deloitte US (70), Amazon (incl AWS) (59), Palantir (48) and Booz Allen (40).
Are FDE jobs remote?
369 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 528 are hybrid and 490 are on-site. The remaining 658 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 796 of the 2,045 postings.
Counted over the 2,045 postings in this search. Postings read on September 21, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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